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The Level1 Show June 12th 2024: Oral B(ricked

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Microsoft announces up to 1,500 layoffs, leaked memo blames 'AI wave'
1:31 - Microsoft Axes More HoloLens Employees
2:38 - Google's privacy chief and head of competition law are leaving, will not be replaced
3:15 - Google cuts at least 100 jobs across cloud unit, sources say
4:14 - NYSE says technical issue fixed after Berkshire Hathaway wrongly shown to fall 99%
5:11 - Ikea is hiring workers for its online Roblox store for £13.15 per hour, and you can even serve virtual meatballs
6:45 - Elon Musk accused of illegal $7.5 billion Tesla stock sale in new insider trading lawsuit
7:54 - Water company installs locked shields over fire hydrants in South LA to prevent theft
9:33 - Nvidia hits $3 trillion market cap on back of AI boom
10:38 - Intel CEO Takes Aim at Nvidia in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
11:37 - Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple
12:48 - AMD unveils Ryzen AI and 9000 series processors, plus Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot graphics card at Computex 2024
13:19 - For the second time in two years, AMD blows up its laptop CPU numbering system
15:32 - Google can keep a phone if you send for repair with non-OEM parts
16:48 - Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says
17:19 - Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
18:02 - Apple put a Thread smart home radio into its newest Macs and iPads
18:46 - TSMC’s Arizona chip plant death demonstrates its mounting challenges in the US
20:35 - Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech
22:35 - Apple finally confirms how long it will support iPhones, and it's less than Samsung and Google
23:03 - Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
24:08 - IBM's Iconic Model-M Keyboard Reimagined by 8BitDo
25:01 - These microLED monitors can stack together like Legos
25:54 - Surprise! It seems that the Apple Vision Pro can track your breathing
26:57 - AT&T says customers facing 'interoperability issue' impacting ability to call non-AT&T users has been resolved
28:06 - Dell expects memory and SSD prices to jump an additional 20% this year
29:32 - A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back
30:01 - This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
30:25 - Google is working on a Recall-like feature for Chromebooks, too
31:03 - Microsoft reopens Windows 10 beta testing for ‘new features’ and improvements
31:29 - Google will disable classic extensions in Chrome in the coming months
32:41 - GameStop (GME) Q1 earnings, plans to sell more stock
33:35 - Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’
35:02 - Max raises prices across its ad-free plans
36:19 - 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
37:17 - Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
40:18 - Artists flee Instagram for new app Cara in protest of Meta AI scraping
42:41 - Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content
43:57 - Meta algorithms discriminate in education ads, study warns
45:51 - Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past
46:50 - Elon Musk reportedly diverted thousands of AI chips from Tesla to X
48:27 - X has new rules that officially allow porn now
50:18 - Australia drops attempt to force X into removing terror vid
51:25 - TikTok acknowledges exploit targeting high-profile accounts
52:38 - Donald Trump Joins TikTok, App He Tried to Ban as President

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Checking out the SER8 8845HS

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A new mini PC from Beelink!

Check it out here: https://www.bee-link.com/collections/mini-pc/products/beelink-ser8-8845…

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New Intel Motherboards, A770 AI Demos, Arc GPUs, and MORE: Intel @ ASRock's Computex 2024 Booth

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Wendell checks out what's going on with Intel's upcoming releases at ASRock's Computex 2024 booth!

Thank you to ASRock for travel accommodations!

0:00 - Intro
0:44 - New Mobos
3:37 - W790 Submerged Cooling Workstation (neat!)
4:37 - Intel Arc
5:06 - AI Demos

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The Level1 Show June 11th 2024: FCC Around and Find Out

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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - US sets stage for antitrust probes into Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia
2:37 - Yellen to warn of 'significant risks' from use of AI in finance
3:40 - Meta Withheld Information on Instagram, WhatsApp Deals: FTC
4:21 - FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds
5:53 - ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month
6:34 - A landmark New York bill would restrict social media for children. Here's what to know.
8:08 - FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out
8:40 - FBI Raids Corporate Landlord in Major Rent Price-Fixing Probe
10:22 - Tribunal rules $17 bln UK adtech lawsuit against Google can go ahead
10:57 - Meta faces call in EU not to use personal data for AI models
11:47 - Primarschule Birmensdorf will organize Kindern im Hort Tracking-Bänder
14:03 - Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
15:13 - Scientists find security risk in RISC-V open-source chip architecture that China hopes can help sidestep US sanctions
16:02 - TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible
16:52 - Japan’s push to make all research open access is taking shape
17:39 - 'Bring Back Tigran Gambaryan,' Lawmakers Pressure U.S. to Treat Binance Exec's Nigeria Detention as a Hostage Situation
18:35 - Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says
19:21 - Services disrupted as London hospitals hit by cyber-attack
20:26 - Crooks threaten to leak 2.9B records of personal info
21:39 - Snowflake says there’s no evidence attackers breached its platform to hack Ticketmaster
22:40 - Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents
23:53 - Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware
24:38 - Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder
25:37 - Nintendo Hits 127 Switch Piracy Tutorial Repos After 'Cracking' URL Encryption
27:24 - 'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'
29:11 - Hackers steal $305M from DMM Bitcoin crypto exchange

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Checking Out ASRock's Mini PCs and Superpowered Rack Servers @ Computex 2024!

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Join Wendell as he checks out ASRock's mini PC and rack server offerings at Computex 2024

Thank you ASRock for paying our way to Computex!

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Computex 2024 Show Floor Part 1

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Join Wendell as he checks out ASUS, Colorful, Cooler Master, Supermicro, Asustor, and Kioxia during Computex 2024

Thank you ASRock for paying our way to Computex!

0:00 Intro
0:27 ASUS
3:39 Colorful
6:26 Cooler Master
7:23 Supermicro
11:32 ASUSTOR
14:15 Kioxia

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Computex 2024 Show Floor Part 2

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Join Wendell as he checks out Gigabyte, Phison, Siphorex, MSI, Tyan, FSP Group and Patriot

Thank you ASRock for paying our way to Computex!

0:00 Intro
0:20 Gigabyte
10:11 Phison
12:53 Siphorex
14:24 MSI
17:23 Tyan
22:20 FSP Group
22:54 Patriot
25:11 Outro

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The Level1 Show June 7th 2024: The Eagles Aren't Coming

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0:00 - Intro
0:16 - OpenAI Board 'Not Aware Of ChatGPT Launch' | Silicon UK Tech
1:21 - OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model - The New York Times
1:46 - OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
2:47 - OpenAI sends internal memo releasing former employees from NDAs
3:36 - New AI tools much hyped but not much used, study says
5:42 - Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit | Ars Technica
6:23 - Mistral releases Codestral, its first generative AI model for code | TechCrunch
7:02 - Microsoft: Windows 24H2 will remove Cortana and WordPad apps
7:39 - Google’s AI feeds people answers from The Onion
8:21 - Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica
8:45 - Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs | CNN Business
9:39 - Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform
10:36 - Bilderberg: Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic among elite guests
11:46 - Feds add nine more incidents to Waymo robotaxi investigation | TechCrunch
12:19 - Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval - The Verge
12:49 - A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor | AP News
14:02 - MLB's Rob Manfred addresses future of robot umpires, says ABS could be introduced as challenge system - CBSSports.com
15:07 - China’s rocket launcher, gun-toting robot dog likely to be deployed soon in conflict zones – Firstpost
16:12 - North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
16:45 - “Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods | Ars Technica
18:15 - ADHD cases are up. 7 million U.S. kids have gotten a diagnosis, study finds : Shots - Health News : NPR
19:06 - Britain covered up tainted blood scandal that killed thousands, report finds - UPI.com
20:37 - World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September
21:16 - Netflix announces Minecraft animated series
22:22 - Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans
23:43 - Mexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after mishandling by museum staff | AP News
25:24 - Pope Francis apologizes after using vulgar term about gay men | AP News
26:08 - University student council apologizes over giving girl group's used water bottles away as prizes - The Korea Times
27:28 - Man who transformed into a dog says he wants to become another animal
28:31 - US 'serial slingshot shooter', aged 81, arrested
29:24 - New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances | AP News
31:02 - North Korea sends fleet of balloons carrying excrement to South Korea
32:09 - Naked on a plane: Man arrested after alleged nude aisle run forced plane to turn back
32:37 - Toronto renames Centennial Park football stadium after Rob Ford | CBC News
33:59 - Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s…
35:13 - Ukraine war forced eagles to change migration route
36:16 - "Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada - CBS News
37:14 - ‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village | Norfolk | The Guardian
38:12 - Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear | Ars Technica
39:06 - Killer whales ramming, sinking boats are bored, scientists believe
41:14 - Two new giant pandas to return to D.C.'s Smithsonian's National Zoo | AP News

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Computex Day 1 Keynote Reviews and AMD Interviews

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The more you buy... The more you save...
Wendell is in Taipei Taiwan for Computex and has gotten a first look at all the AI vocabulary one could "hope" for.

Thank you, ASRock for paying for our trip!

0:00 Intro
0:48 ASRock Ad
1:08 AI and Data Center AI
1:30 Nvidia Keynote
2:30 AMD Keynote
3:32 Qualcomm
5:19 AMD Software Stack
6:24 AMD Interview 1
9:13 MI300A
10:34 AMD Interview 2
12:14 Finishing AMD Stuff
13:19 NPUs
15:46 Conclusion

Nvidia Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKXDVsWZmUU
AMD Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aT52YohYUs
Qualcomm Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R3QpKMciEw

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The Level1 Show June 5th 2024: Junk In The PCI Slot

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker | South Korea | The Guardian
1:35 - Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive | TechCrunch
2:05 - Bay Area carmaker lays off hundreds after raising $1 billion
2:42 - Phoenix Labs lays off 162 Bay Area workers in yet more video game cuts
3:24 - Klarna using GenAI to cut marketing costs by $10 mln annually | Reuters
5:11 - Salesforce (CRM) Q1 earnings report 2025
5:39 - 'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 - Times of San Diego
7:01 - Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices | Fox Business
8:19 - Arm’s next-gen Immortalis is more powerful and power-efficient - The Verge
9:05 - Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg | PC Gamer
10:05 - Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says | Reuters
10:57 - AST SpaceMobile, Verizon partner on satellite internet
12:04 - Android's new Instant Hotspot feature won't be available on Samsung devices
12:46 - Spacetop, the radical new laptop with no screen, is ready for launch | PCWorld
14:33 - A startup’s “tablet” gears up to take on Apple’s iPad – On my Om
16:05 - Exclusive: Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal | Reuters
16:42 - BYD Says Its New Hybrid Cars Can Go 1,250 Miles Without Gas or Charging
17:41 - Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified - Dexerto
18:51 - Tool may help find missing people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes
21:04 - HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
22:14 - YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
23:57 - Press Release: PayPal Announces New Leaders to Build New Advertising Platform and Accelerate Consumer Product Innovation - May 28, 2024
24:48 - Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution arrives to improve gaming performance — Auto SR serves as an upscaler similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR | Tom's Hardware
25:44 - Bungie Wins Lawsuit Against Cheat Maker Aimjunkies | PCMag
27:25 - Google threatens to pause Google News Initiative funding in U.S.
28:37 - VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps | Windows IT Pro Blog
29:07 - Apple says it will put its AI processing data in a "cloud black box" to keep it private | TechRadar
29:46 - Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date - IGN
30:41 - Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
31:54 - ICQ will stop working from June 26
32:43 - Meta says it removed six influence campaigns including those from Israel and China - The Verge
33:19 - Instagram’s ‘limits’ adds a mute button for everyone other than close friends - The Verge
34:07 - White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee app | The Independent
35:37 - Exclusive: TikTok preparing a US copy of the app’s core algorithm, sources say | Reuters
37:09 - UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media | Internet safety | The Guardian
38:16 - More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News
39:07 - Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint

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